End of Year Class Celebrations The end of year reward picnic days will be held this Thursday. I know that teachers have been corresponding with families about these for quite some time and payments, permission notes etc. have been chased up and collated. Please be sure to send along all sun-safe necessities on the day to ensure it is a safe and enjoyable day for those who are taking part. Supervision and other fun activities will continue here at school for those who are not attending the outings. Remember also, attendance at these events is dependent on some pre-requisites . . . including behaviour and participating in school programs such as home reading. These would have been communicated to all students and parents leading up to the cut-off day for payments. Part of the purpose of the outings is to reward students for this hard work and effort. Congratulations. Quality Work It is almost our last week to celebrate the quality work which is demonstrated each week at BPS. Last week was certainly no exception. Emelia from SR created a skilful retell of a narrative using excellent punctuation. Casey from KT shared his well- written riddle with me. It was a “What Am I?” riddle and the clues were so good that I guessed it right away! Will, Aylah, Max and Corey from 1/2H really impressed myself and Ms Hoskins with their ability to work together in a team to complete their Mathematics work. They matched money amounts to items, worked collaboratively and presented their work neatly. Great job.! Annual Swimming Carnival Please don’t forget that next Monday December 16 th is the date for our school swimming carnival. Capable swimming competitors are invited to attend and swim in races for their age group. This carnival is the Summer carnival for 2014, which means Year 6 will not attend. They will swim at their high school carnival early in the Year 7 calendar. Permission notes have now been collected. Please follow these up with your child if they are a competitive swimmer and you have not yet responded. If you are able to help on the day with timekeeping, please let us know at the front office – we would really appreciate your support. P&C News The P&C committee would like to invite ALL parents and families to an end of year meeting and afternoon tea THIS Thursday 12 th December. It will be a celebratory afternoon, reflecting on the success of 2013 and thanking all involved. Please come along at 4pm to show your support of the school and the volunteers who help. Dear Parents and Carers Presentation Day Thank you to all of our families, community members and business partners who joined with us last Tuesday for our Presentation Assembly. The attendance rate of parents was “through the roof”. We had a number of parents discussing the need to extend our hall to accommodate all of the guests! It was really special to see so many of you here to celebrate the success of 2014. Apologies for the heat and to those who had to stand – more seating next year. There were certainly some very special highlights this year at the assembly. Annika was awarded a PRIME MINISTER’S medal! Annika entered a short story writing competition earlier in the year. It was a NAIDOC week theme about ‘Our First Australians’. Annika’s writing was entered into a competition with thousands of other entrants. Twenty medals were presented across NSW – one of them being for Annika. Congratulations again Annika, this is a very special achievement and your school community is very proud of you. Our 2014 school leaders were also announced. Congratulations to Benjamin and Miette who will captain our students next year. Congratulations to Bradley who will be our boy vice- captain, and also a historic congratulations to Annika and Tykia who will jointly take on the role of girls vice- captain. I mentioned at our Presentation Day that I am very impressed already with our leadership team and am looking forward to working closely with them all in 2014. Well done! The P&C presented the school with a very ‘sizeable’ cheque during our presentation also. We thank the P&C for this very positive contribution and also thank all of our community who supported the fundraising efforts during 2014. Your combined time and passion has resulted in $10,000 for our students. THANK YOU. Christmas Door Competition Competition is really hotting up around the school as classes and staff work on decorating their doors with a Christmas theme. Secret judges are coming to the school TOMORROW which means all doors will be ‘fancied up’ by then. A great time to come and have a look. Term 4 - Week 10 9th December 2013
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End of Year Class Celebrations The end of year reward picnic days will be held this Thursday. I know that teachers have been corresponding with families about these for quite some time and payments, permission notes etc. have been chased up and collated. Please be sure to send along all sun-safe necessities on the day to ensure it is a safe and enjoyable day for those who are taking part. Supervision and other fun activities will continue here at school for those who are not attending the outings. Remember also, attendance at these events is dependent on some pre-requisites . . . including behaviour and participating in school programs such as home reading. These would have been communicated to all students and parents leading up to the cut-off day for payments. Part of the purpose of the outings is to reward students for this hard work and effort. Congratulations.
Quality Work It is almost our last week to celebrate the quality work which is demonstrated each week at BPS. Last week was certainly no exception. Emelia from SR created a skilful retell of a narrative using excellent punctuation. Casey from KT shared his well-written riddle with me. It was a “What Am I?” riddle and the clues were so good that I guessed it right away! Will, Aylah, Max and Corey from 1/2H really impressed myself and Ms Hoskins with their ability to work together in a team to complete their Mathematics work. They matched money amounts to items, worked collaboratively and presented their work neatly. Great job.!
Annual Swimming Carnival Please don’t forget that next Monday December 16
th
is the date for our school swimming carnival. Capable swimming competitors are invited to attend and swim in races for their age group. This carnival is the Summer carnival for 2014, which means Year 6 will not attend. They will swim at their high school carnival early in the Year 7 calendar. Permission notes have now been collected. Please follow these up with your child if they are a competitive swimmer and you have not yet responded. If you are able to help on the day with timekeeping, please let us know at the front office – we would really appreciate your support.
P&C News The P&C committee would like to invite ALL parents and families to an end of year meeting and afternoon tea THIS Thursday 12
th December. It will be a
celebratory afternoon, reflecting on the success of 2013 and thanking all involved. Please come along at 4pm to show your support of the school and the volunteers who help.
Dear Parents and Carers
Presentation Day Thank you to all of our families, community members and business partners who joined with us last Tuesday for our Presentation Assembly. The attendance rate of parents was “through the roof”. We had a number of parents discussing the need to extend our hall to accommodate all of the guests! It was really special to see so many of you here to celebrate the success of 2014. Apologies for the heat and to those who had to stand – more seating next year. There were certainly some very special highlights this year at the assembly. Annika was awarded a PRIME MINISTER’S medal! Annika entered a short story writing competition earlier in the year. It was a NAIDOC week theme about ‘Our First Australians’. Annika’s writing was entered into a competition with thousands of other entrants. Twenty medals were presented across NSW – one of them being for Annika. Congratulations again Annika, this is a very special achievement and your school community is very proud of you. Our 2014 school leaders
were also announced. Congratulations to Benjamin and Miette who will captain our students next year. Congratulations to Bradley who will be our boy vice-captain, and also a historic congratulations to Annika and Tykia who will jointly take on the role of girls vice-captain.
I mentioned at our Presentation Day that I am very impressed already with our leadership team and am looking forward to working closely with them all in 2014. Well done! The P&C presented the school with a very ‘sizeable’ cheque during our presentation also. We thank the P&C for this very positive contribution and also thank all of our community who supported the fundraising efforts during 2014. Your combined time and passion has resulted in $10,000 for our students. THANK YOU.
Christmas Door Competition Competition is really hotting up around the school as classes and staff work on decorating their doors with a Christmas theme. Secret judges are coming to the school TOMORROW which means all doors will be ‘fancied up’ by then. A great time to come and have a look.
Term 4 - Week 10 9th December 2013
P&C NEWS
The final P&C meeting will be on Thursday 12th December at 4.00pm in the staff room. Afternoon tea provided.
ALL WELCOME!
- Class SR -
During Term 4 we have been investigating the life cycles of
various living things. We were able to get tadpoles, cicadas
and silk worms into the class. This allowed us to get hands
on experience of how they looked and behaved at the
different stages of their life cycle. The cicadas were of
particular fascination as we found out they live
underground for 7 years before finding somewhere to leave
their shell.
Our study of maths has focused upon addition, subtraction
and multiplication. We are discovering the way these
functions help us when dealing with money, time and even
place value. One game we have enjoyed involves Mr Tait
writing a three digit number on the Interactive White Board
and we have to represent this number using base ten
blocks. It was tricky to begin with but persistence saw us
all learn to play the game and provide answers
individually.
SR have focused on punctuation and including rich
describing words to produce quality pieces of writing. We
began by constructing and editing our own texts as a class.
The result was often hilarious and involved some
interesting main characters such as a diamond-scaled
dragon with a fondness for Xbox. We were soon creating
individual writings with guidance of Mr Tait and Aunty
Des. It was great to see imaginations in full flight as we
improve our writing. Great work this term SR!
Mr Tait - Class Teacher
Term 4 - Week 10 9th December 2013
Home Reading Levels Bomaderry Public School rewards efforts with Home Reading. Our level system promotes reading at home, motivates readers with special reading ’gifts’ and helps students aim for improvement. Congratulations to the following students who have reached achievement levels in Home Reading:
The Year 6 Farewell The Year 6 farewell took place at the Bomaderry Bowling Club on Wednesday night. Some year six students arrived in fancy cars or on motorbikes with their friends and families. Everyone was taking photos! Once everybody had arrived, we all went into our function room to take some more photos. The graduating students were called in by Mrs Brown one by one and they had to have a nice photo and then we could pose. Some people crossed their arms and some people just smiled, thats just the way it is. Everybody enjoyed their chicken schnitzel, chips, salad, and of course, their dessert.
After dinner, everyone joined in when the Macarena, the Nutbush, and YMCA were on. We danced the night away!
The students and teachers went home tired but very happy. By Alana
Red Day and Christmas MUFTI On the very last school day of the year, Wednesday December 18
th, the canteen will have a red day
special order – cheeseburger and drink. On this day, students are permitted to wear Christmas theme mufti clothing or headbands, hats etc. It is not a fundraiser, just a festive way to finish the year. The red day order forms will go home with all students today. Extra copies are available at the office.
Aim high to achieve high.
Dionne Hanbidge - Principal
Term 4 - Week 10 9th December 2013
Canteen News $5.00 Lunch Special until end of term:
Choose Your Own
Choice of Nachos; Spaghetti Bolognese; Meatloaf;
Hot Chicken & Gravy Roll; Ham or Chicken Salad
Sub
Choice of popper, plain milk or small water
Choice of selected snack items
Red Day - Wednesday 18th December
The canteen will be holding a Red Day on the
students’ last day of term. Order forms will be sent
home today, and are available at the office.
If any parents or carers are available to help
on the day, please see Simone in the
canteen. Thank you!
-COMING SCHOOL EVENTS-
Tue 10th Dec - Assembly 12.30pm
Thu 12th Dec - Picnic Day excursions - all classes
Mon 16th Dec - BPS Swimming Carnival - Canteen Red Day Orders Due
Wed 18th Dec - Last day of Term 4 for students - Canteen Red Day
Wed 29th Jan - Students return for Term 1, 2014 - Kinder Best Start Assessments commence (by appointment time)
Mon 3rd Feb - Kindergarten students commence
- Community News - Kids’ Fishing Workshops for kids 8-14 years What: Learn how to fish safely and responsibly, techniques, bag & size limits and fish handling for catch & release. When: Tuesday 14th January 2014, 10am - 2pm Where: Greenwell Point Cost: $40 per child - includes rod & reel combo, shirt, hat, tackle box and show bag - all to take home! Bookings are essential. Maximum 25 participants. Phone 4220 8484 or 0438 245190 Details: http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fisheries/recreational/images-and-extras/popular-items/fishing-workshops?a=135600 K.I.S.S. Arts Festival - Circus Workshops, Kiama What: Circus workshops, free street theatre, nighttime variety shows and a pop-up arts centre. Workshops will include juggling, unicycling, hula-hoop, acrobatics and aerial amongst other things. When: Workshops run from 6
th – 10
th & 13
th – 15
th Jan
from 10am – 3pm in Hindmarsh Park Kiama. Details: www.kissartsfestival.com.au Go4Fun What: Free healthy lifestyle program for 7-13 yr olds. Registrations now open for Term 1. When: Mondays 4-6pm from 3rd Feb to 7th April Where: Bomaderry Public School Phone: 1800 780900 or visit go4fun.com.au Nowra Family Support Details now available for groups, workshops and courses for Term 1, 2014.
Bringing Up Great Kids
TAFE Certificate II Skills for Work & Training
Money Minded - Budget Management Workshop
Seasons for Growth - Change, Loss & Grief
Music for Fun - playgroup for pre-school children
Keeping Kids in Mind - Dealing with Separation Details and bookings - Ph: 4421 5499 or email [email protected]
BIG BLUE AWARDS
KC Logan
KS Aleisha
3A Zoe, Estelle, Deacon
3/4W Charlotte
GOLD AWARDS
KC Maddisen
KS Shyanne
Are You Leaving?
Please advise the school office on 4421 6577 as
soon as possible if your children (not including
Year 6 students) will not be returning to
Bomaderry Public School in 2014.
Active After Schools Please note that the Active After Schools
program has now finished for 2014.
Lost Property We currently have a large amount of items in our
